Sunday Devotions: The Silence of Joseph's Christmas

Matthew 1

Growing up, our family Christmas Eve celebration always featured my grandfather reading the story of Jesus’ birth. I remember one year feeling a child’s boredom with tradition, so I asked Grandpa to read Matthew’s account instead of Luke’s… and felt disappointed.

That’s it? No manger, no swaddling clothes, no shepherds? Just one angel?

Matthew’s way of ex…